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68th out of 206 books
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75 voters
Go to Bed, Monster!
by
Natasha Wing (Goodreads Author),
Sylvie Kantorovitz
Lucy DOES NOT want to go to bed. She wants to draw. But as she's working on her masterpiece,Lucy creates . . . Monster! Monster just wants to play. And play. And play some more--until even Lucy is exhausted.It's going to take some quick thinking (and drawing) to get this tireless monster to bed. . ..
Natasha Wing and SylvieKantorovitz have created a sweet and hilarious bedt...more
Natasha Wing and SylvieKantorovitz have created a sweet and hilarious bedt...more
Hardcover, 40 pages
Published
October 1st 2007
by Harcourt Children's Books
(first published September 1st 2007)
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Lucy really did not want to go to sleep. Instead of sleeping, she used her imagination to draw a monster to play with. With her monster she built some castles, and flew airplanes and did lots of fun things, until Lucy finally got tired and wanted to go to sleep. Then the monster didn’t want to go to sleep. Lucy drew the monster a bed and a teddy bear and even a bathroom, and finally the monster and Lucy went to sleep.
The clever illustrations were done in oil paints and pastels. Most of the illu...more
The clever illustrations were done in oil paints and pastels. Most of the illu...more
Move over, Harold! Lucy has an entire box of crayons that she puts to good use one evening when she can't sleep. A perfect book for reading aloud at bedtime.
With Harold and the Purple Crayon in mind (but perhaps more in the spirit of the Daffy Duck classic Duck Amuck http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH6i2Z...), Wing and Kantorovitz have created a cute, completely innocuous, somewhat disposable bedtime story. The two redeeming features of the book - the very fun and quite good illustrations in oil paints and oil pastels (that look like a child's crayonings) and the idea that art and what we create can sometimes leap out of our control in unexpected way...more
Funny little story about a girl who won't go to sleep, but who learns her lesson when the imaginary friend she creates won't go to sleep either. The monster goes through the entire bed time ritual of easing a child's concerns and manages to make it seem humorous, even when you aren't feeling that humorous.
Because it's short, it's a good bed-time story for when you are having the same troubles the girl of the story is having. But, it's not as sweet nor as sophisticated as some of the other storie...more
Because it's short, it's a good bed-time story for when you are having the same troubles the girl of the story is having. But, it's not as sweet nor as sophisticated as some of the other storie...more
I had an incredibly restless toddler story time, this was the last book I read, and it was also the longest. That was a recipe for disaster. I had to shorten this book quite a bit, and no one seemed all that engaged. I would try this in preschool story time, but I'm thinking it's a bit too old for my toddlers.
This is another one of my favorites. To me, it reads like Harold and the Purple Crayon, but it is shorter. I like the interplay between the girl and her monster-- especially how she takes a parental role in getting him to bed. I think this is a very sweet story and a wonderful one to share.
Very funny book!! Really enjoyed seeing a child going through the same things with her monster a parent goes through when trying to get said child to bed....
Themes: monsters, bedtime, listening
Themes: monsters, bedtime, listening
Text to text with Harold's Purple Crayon.
Love the problem-solution sequence with reading the monster a book to make it go to sleep. Naught little monster--very cute.
Love the problem-solution sequence with reading the monster a book to make it go to sleep. Naught little monster--very cute.
Lucy cannot sleep so she draws...a monster! He has trouble falling asleep so she creates a number of distractions/comforts to keep him occupied/soothed. Sweet ending.
This was a very enjoyable book, great for bedtime. I read this one for weeks until it had to go back to the library. Will definitely be checking it out again.
I love this book. It uses great imagination including shapes, potty mention, adjectives and nouns. We enjoyed it
I cute story, with lots of drawing. Was being considered for Monster storytime, but didn't make the cut.
It reminds me of my two little "monsters" who I think might just still be awake! GO TO BED!
Lucy did not want to go to sleep! She got out her crayons and started to draw and soon she had drawn a monster! Lucy and Monster played all kinds of games and jumped and skipped all over. Soon Lucy was tired, but Monster wasn’t; he still wanted to play. Lucy drew a bed for Monster, a moon in the window, even a teddy bear. It wasn’t until Lucy read Monster a bedtime story that he was finally ready for bed. With fun, child-like crayon drawings, this picture book captures the power of a child’s ima...more
"Go to Bed, Monster! by Natasha Wing (2007)"
Great for an "Art" storytime I'm planning this fall.
Imaginative and fun-good bedtime story.
Creative young girl using her noggin.
This is one of my son's favorite books!
I think I'd like this a little more if it hadn't arrived on the heels of Doodleday, Jeremy Draws a Monster, and Chalk.
Feb 09, 2008
Natalie
rated it
2 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
parents who can't get their kids to go to bed
Shelves:
read-alouds
Lucy draws a monster who springs to life and it's all hunky dory until she tires and is ready to hit the hay. It's the ultimate role reversal as the monster refuses to quiet down and go to sleep!
To appease the demanding creature she draws him water, food, a bathroom ....(If you've ever tried to get an unwilling kid to go to bed you can guess the rest of the excuses the monster comes up with).
Will she ever convince the monster to count sheep?
To appease the demanding creature she draws him water, food, a bathroom ....(If you've ever tried to get an unwilling kid to go to bed you can guess the rest of the excuses the monster comes up with).
Will she ever convince the monster to count sheep?
Featuring playful, childlike drawings, imaginary adventure and the familiar ping-pong interaction of every stall tactic in the book, this 2007 Cybils Award Finalist turns the tables on the theatrical endurance test we call “bedtime”.
Listen to our chat about Go to Bed, Monster! on the JustOneMoreBook.com Children's Book Podcast
Listen to our chat about Go to Bed, Monster! on the JustOneMoreBook.com Children's Book Podcast
When Lucy doesn't want to go to bed, she instead draws a monster who wants to play, build castles, have snacks, and stalls when it really is time for bed. Then, Lucy does what she likes when she gets sleepy...she reads monster a book. And, side-by-side, monster and Lucy drift into dreamland.
Used for "Family Jammie Storytime"-November, 2009.
Used for "Monsters: And Other Creatures" storytime-October, 2011.
Used for "Family Jammie Storytime"-November, 2009.
Used for "Monsters: And Other Creatures" storytime-October, 2011.
This has elements of "There's A Nightmare In My Closet", "Where the Wild Things Are" and "Harold and the Purple Crayon". Lucy creates her monster, but isn't scared of it. Instead they play together until she takes on the role of grown-up and finds a way to get her monster to bed. Bright fun pictures, and perhaps some inspiration for kids to create their own personal monster playmate.
A little girl doesn't want to go to bed, so she draws pictures instead. A picture she draws of a monster does fun things with her. Very imaginative. Then she's tired and wants to go to bed but her monster plays the reluctant child role and wants water, potty, etc., that the girl has to satisfy. Clever, funny, and great bedtime book!
A little girl doesn't want to sleep, so she draws instead. The shapes she makes turn into a monster and the book is about what happens next. Funny and cute!
Dec 06, 2011
Danica Midlil
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Shelves:
bedtime,
boys,
cozy,
favorites,
friendship,
monsters,
picture-books,
preschoolers,
toddlers,
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Absolutely fabulous book! Wish more people would read it. The illustrations catapult it high in the ranks of children's lit.
Harold and the Purple Crayon meets Where The Wild Things Are.
Very sweet & creative. A lucky find at the library.
Creative. Original. Clever. Funny. We love this one!
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Why am I a writer? When I was a young girl, I wanted to be a teacher. I’d line up my stuffed animals in front of a board and teach them the alphabet and how to count. In high school I wanted to be a tennis player. I was on the tennis team, and played at our neighborhood tennis club. Then in college I thought digging dinosaur bones would be a cool job. Or working at a big time advertising agency. I...more
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